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Scam ATM Card Payment Money Transfers
Example - Ms. Vera Bells of Federal Express (FEDEX)
in respect of your ATM INTERSWITCH CARD that Mrs. Nona Ugboma brought to this company to be delivered to you ...
PHILIP EKPO

Have you received an email from "Ms. Vera Bells of Federal Express (FEDEX)", claiming 

"in respect of your ATM INTERSWITCH CARD that Mrs. Nona Ugboma brought to this company to be delivered to you and before the protocol commenced, we had a dispute with the (NICON INSURANCE) office about your insurance certificate, although this have been settled. However, we are happy to inform you that your ATM INTERSWITCH CARD and is valued at USD400,000,00 Dollars, ..."

and Nigeria owes you money from a "contract/inheritance payment file", whatever that may be, and he will send you the money on an ATM card, if you contact "PHILIP EKPO"?  "Ms. Vera Bells of Federal Express (FEDEX)" can't even spell "truly", is writing to you from a free Yahoo account, wants you to reply to another free Yahoo account in France and  apparently can't spell and feels the odd need to randomly capitalize some WORDS (like that). Add to that the fact that you have never heard of anyone being paid for anything by "ATM card" and this should immediately strike you as a scam. Allow us to point out the inconsistencies and how the scam works.

It's a mystery why Ms. Vera Bells of Federal Express (FEDEX) named you as a beneficiary or what the "contract" is, but you better reply pretty quickly or risk losing millions from the "contract/inheritance payment file".  Also notice that the "lawyer" or official is writing to you from a free email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.); in fact, they typically use more than one different free email accounts.

If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!

From: Ms. Veraoghene Bells [ verabells01@yahoo.com ]

Customers Care Service Dept.

Federal Express (FEDEX)

Email: fedexdeliveryco1@yahoo.fr

Office Days/Hours Monday to Saturday (09:00-17:00hrs)

Attention.

This is the Federal Express (FEDEX) mailing you in respect of your ATM INTERSWITCH CARD that Mrs. Nona Ugboma brought to this company to be delivered to you and before the protocol commenced, we had a dispute with the (NICON INSURANCE) office about your insurance certificate, although this have been settled.

However, we are happy to inform you that your ATM INTERSWITCH CARD and is valued at USD400,000,00 Dollars, and is amongst the 24 parcels in the custody of our office and bears your name as the receiver despite lossing your residential address. In this vein, you are urgently requested to re-send your mailing address to our office immediately on receipt of this mail for a safe and hitch free delivery of your ATM INTERSWITCH  CARD.

And, without hesitation you will be required to pay a delivery fee of USD160.00 via to enable the swift delivery of your package to your location without delay. Note: The reason you are requested to pay the above amount is due to the fact that the original sender of the package did  not pay the USD160.00 for the delivery.

Find the information where you are to pay the USD160.00 to below:

RECEIVER: PHILIP EKPO

TEXT QUESTION: WHAT BATCH?

ANSWER: BATCH 1

AMOUNT: USD160.00

SENDER NAME & ADDRESS:

SENDER TEL NO:

REF NO:

For your information, upon the receipt of your response, and also the payment of the USD160.00 for the delivery of the package containg your ATM INTERSWITCH CARD, you will be dispatched to your address.

Please, send all response to the accounts/delivery department e-mail

address:  fedexdeliveryco1@yahoo.fr

Yours Truely,

Ms. Vera Bells.

Logistic/Business Relation Officer.

Federal Express (FEDEX)

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Names used by scammers in the examples on this page and others often belong to real people and businesses who often have no knowledge of nor connection to the scammer's use of their name and information.  Sample scam emails and other documents are copies of the scam to help potential victims recognize and avoid it.  You should presume that any names used and presented here in a scam are either fictitious or used without their legitimate owner's permission.
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